THE MODERN BATHER

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 77, Issue 196, 20 August 1934, Page 7

THE MODERN BATHER

J SCANTY COSTUMES RULE. AUTHORITIES OBJECT. ’■ LONDON, Aug. 8. i At a time when bathing tvstumes ar t more daring than ever, a quarter c t Britain’s population has gone to th i seaside to End that some resorts ]hav - appointed officials to curb abbreviate e dress. 3 Others arc restricting undressing o - the beach, and the tendency in man r places is to tighten up the regulation; 3 in view of complaints about the scant 1 ness of costumes. Authorities at the resorts general! 3 disclaim prudery and deny that th 3 beaches resemble nudist colonies. 1 At Margate they even held a con petition for the most daring costumi but emphasised that decency must b observed. As “decency” has not bee legally defined difficulties are arisin in interpreting it, although it is ger erally regarded as consisting of “no offending fellow-citizens.” The Rev. W. Woodhams, vicar o Chorleywood, in castigating women fc wearing shorts, recalls the Biblical coi demnation of women dressed in mal clothes. Scotland is making a fight for neci to-knee costumes. The authorities in North Berwick an St. Andrew have passed regulations o those lines, but young people will no comply, in spite of notices prominent!; displayed.